Gibson Custom Shop Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V - murphy lab aged ebony
Metallica fans worldwide are familiar with Kirk Hammett’s vintage 1979 Flying V. It was Kirk’s first Gibson and established his passion for Gibson guitars. Its purchase was inspired by famous Flying V™ players Kirk admired and because he was looking for a fuller sound. And what a sound !
Kirk still plays the original guitar to this day, and used it on all the early Metallica albums, including Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, …And Justice for All, and The Black Album, making it one of the most important heavy metal guitars of all time.
Only 200 GIBSON Custom Shop Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V (FV79KHEBCH1) solid body electric guitar will be hand-made by the expert luthiers of the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee, artfully aged to match the original by the Murphy Lab.
The included Certificate of Authenticity photo is signed by Kirk Hammett himself.
- SKU Gibson FV79KHEBCH1
- Solid body electric guitar
- Made in USA
- 2023
- Solid Mahogany body
- Solid Mahogany set-neck, Kirk Hammett V profile
- Solid indian Rosewood fingerboard, 22x medium frets
- Scale 62.865 cm / 24.75"
- Radius 12"
- Nut width 39.12 mm / 1.54 in
- Neck width last fret 50.04 mm / 1.97 in
- Gibson T-Type Humbucker pickups
- Volume for each pickup
- Tone
- 500K CTS potentiometers
- 3x positions pickup toggle selector
- Gibson Custom Replica bridge
- Gibson Stop Bar tailpiece
- Grover M6 Schaller tuners
- Gloss nitrocellulose finish
- SKB Hardshell Case included
- Factory strings gauges 10.46
- Ref. Euroguitar : 106562
